Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
EDUCATIONAL.
G. D. BELDEN, EDITOR.

The LIE Roy village schools are intro
duciug the new supplemental State Read
ers as needed. They are an excellent Sc
ries and all schools in the county are re-
quired by law to use them.
Teachers should, if possible, own a
copy Of teachers edition of Mrs. Knox's
language lessons, This book contains
all the exercises of the pupils edition,
and large amount Of additional informa.
ton which is very valuable. The intro
duction contains many suggestions re-
garding primary language work.
1t seems necessary to state over and
over again that teachers have no legal
not in the State series. A teacher may
own all the books desired for reference or
for supplemental work, but pupils can
not be required to purchase any books,
which take the place of the State books.
The law compelling uniformity of text
books may be unwise (although we do
not think SOY but the law stands as it does
and teachers must conform to it or in
| volve the districts IN serious trouble.
Journal. We have been asked to give
directions for organizing a teachers, read
ding circle. l.. Find at least six or eight
teachers who are willing to read a thought
full book on education thirty minutes
each day, taking notes while they read,
and who are also willing to pledge them
| selves to spend three hours each two weeks
on meeting the members of the circle
for conversation and mutual assistance.
Q Select one good book, and stick to it.
! Others may be consulted, but one book
read long enough to be thoroughly mas
over. 8. Let nothing. except the most
dire necessity, keep the members from
the meeting. 4. Elect few officers. Adopt
no constitution or bylaws. Follow the
rules of politeness. 5. Let no time be lost
in qroitless discussion. 6. Each mem
Der should talk, if only to ask questions.
2. When the book is mastered request
some sensible person to conduct an exam
ination This will clinch the nail of
knowledge.
Teachers sometimes meet parents who
only care to have their children learn to
read and write and cipher. That has been
enough for them, and it will do for their
children. How often the teacher in the
county school hears, MY father says I
needn't study geography" What is he to
do under such circumstances NJ. q.
He must do missionary work, must
show the parents how much depends
upon not simply the amout learned. but
the training that each study gives. Show
the advantage possessed by those who
know how to make the most of their sur
roundings. The ignorant laborer spends all
his strength in movinga weight which he
who knows the principles of mechanics
would move with ease in half the time, by
employing the forces at his command.
Explain the effect of certain studies in
giving mental power that will enable their
children to obtain many more Of the
blessings of life than they have been able
to secure with all their weary plodding.
Then make the studies so pleasant, so
well adapted to the needs of the child
rcn, that there will be no complaints TAX
en- home-rather that the parents will
catch the enthusiasm of the pupils, and
take an interest in the work of the
school.-B.
School journal. The case of the anarch-
lists Of Chicago is q remarkable instance
Of the want Of education. They wanted
liberty; the pole stood between them and
their desires; therefore, kill the police
This they did, and now hanging stares
them in the face. They'd not have sense
enough to reason that behind the police
stood the city, the state, and the general
government. Their mental capacities
could not grasp the force of courts. with
authority to try and condemn to death
vlolators Of law and order. Their simple
minds only grasped two thoughts: public
property, which they wanted; and the
police guarding this property. They sim.
ply reasoned, .Get rid of the police and
this property is ours" These anarchists
have no idea of social and political econ
omy. Their ancestors were Hneducated in
the art Of thinking for themselves. AS
they are they haveIno right to take q bal
lot in their hands, they cannot understand
its meaning. In 9 nation like ours honest
individual thought is our only safeguard.
Without such we shall perish, Brute
force cannot govern the ~uneducated. IL
may keep them down, but never govern
them. Government comes from intelli
gence. The intelligence OF q nation as
well as Of 9 school will enable It to gov